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The shipwrecks the GLANUESE and the HOLYHEAD off Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria
The shipwrecks the GLANUESE and the HOLYHEAD off Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

The shipwrecks the GLANUESE and the HOLYHEAD off Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

Datec 1889
Object numberANMS0047[481]
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 120 x 166 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Australian War Memorial
DescriptionPhotograph of shipwrecks the GLANUESE and HOLYHEAD at Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip, Victoria. The wreck of the barque GLANUESE, 481 tonnes, appears on the beach in the foreground. Built in 1870, owned by Anton Dom Bordes of Bordeaux, wrecked in 1886. The wreck of the four masted iron barque HOLYHEAD, 2260 tonnes, further out to sea at centre left. Built in 1889 wrecked on maiden voyage